RedHawks Game Notes for July 26
Published on July 26, 2009 under Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Oklahoma City Comets News Release
Nashville Sounds (55-45) at Oklahoma City RedHawks (51-48)
Game 100 | July 26, 2009, 4:05 pm CDT | AT&T Bricktown Ballpark | Oklahoma City, OK
Today's scheduled starting pitchers:
RH Elizardo Ramirez (6-7, 4.27) vs. LH Chris Cody (4-5, 3.42)
TODAY: The RedHawks and Nashville Sounds meet in the third of a 4-game series at AT&T Bricktown Ballpark. The series is even 1-1 after Nashville halted OKC's 5-game winning streak last night with an 8-5 win. Elizardo Ramirez gets the start for OKC. Ramirez is 14th in the PCL in ERA for the month of July with a 2.77 mark in 4 starts. He lost his previous start this year against the Sounds June 19, allowing 9 runs on 10 hits in 4 innings. Nashville will start lefty Chris Cody a day early after the callup of scheduled starter Tim Dillard yesterday. OKC is second, 1.5 games back in the American South. Nashville leads the American North by 3.
NASHVILE EVENS SERIES: The RedHawks saw a 5-game winning streak come to an end after failing to hold an early 4-1 lead in Nashville's 8-5 win. The Sounds scored go-ahead runs off Neftali Feliz (4-6) in the seventh and eighth innings to pin the first relief loss on Feliz in 10 outings. Feliz entered in a 4-4 game in the seventh and allowed a run, which the RedHawks matched against R.J. Swindle (3-1) in the seventh for his third blown save against OKC in his last 3 chances. Swindle wound up with the win when Nashville scored again in the eighth against Feliz and added 2 off Mike Hinckley, 1 unearned, in the ninth. Alcides Escobar went 5-for-5 with a triple for the Sounds' first 5-hit game since Prince Fielder collected 5 hits at Colorado Springs Aug. 6, 2005. Nashville out-hit OKC 14-7.
IT'S A RACE: OKC is 13-9 this month, featuring the PCL's second-most wins in July behind Albuquerque (14-7) and Sacramento (14-8). The Isotopes are 8-1 at home this month, losing last night to Iowa 11-2, and 6-6 on the road. OKC has had sole possession of second place every day in July and has dropped 1 game in the standings to the Isotopes this month. The RedHawks are 1.5 games back today after starting play July 1 a half-game back. OKC wraps up the season series with Albuquerque with a 4-game set starting Tuesday night at Isotopes Park.
DAVIS AT 5: Chris Davis has hit safely in 5 straight. In 17 games with the RedHawks, Davis has 8 multi-hit and 6 multiple-RBI games. He's failed to hit safely only 3 times. The RedHawks are 11-6 since he joined the team July 6.
GERMAN UPDATE: Esteban German has hit safely in 21 of his last 25, going 36-for-99 (.364) with 21 RBIs in that span, which dates to June 26. German is tied for sixth in the league in batting with a .324 average, is second in the PCL in on-base percentage at .422 and third in walks with 57.
FRIENDLY CONFINES: The RedHawks are tied with Memphis for the PCL's second-most home wins at 31-23, behind only Sacramento's 33-18 home mark.
CLOSE CALLS: The RedHawks' extra-inning record is 11-3. They have the second-most extra-inning wins in the PCL behind Sacramento's 13-3 mark. The RedHawks have won 6 straight extra-inning games. Their last extra-inning loss was against Iowa June 17 at The Brick, a 5-4 final in 11 innings. OKC leads the league in one-run wins with a 20-11 record. OKC also has a league-best 12 wins (12-3) in games tied after 8 innings.
DOT...DOT...DOT: OKC's 3.64 ERA in July is third in the PCL behind Memphis' 2.88 and Round Rock's 3.59...the RedHawks' bullpen sustained its first losing decision last night since June 17...each of the RedHawks previous 11 losses had gone to the starter...the relief corps had earned 10 wins since its last loss until Neftali Feliz took the loss last night...Royce Huffman enters today's game on an 18-game on-base streak. Greg Golson's triple last night was his team-best 7th.
Pacific Coast League Stories from July 26, 2009
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- Salt Lake Collects 28 Hits While Holding Beavers to Just 12 - Portland Beavers
- RedHawks Blast Sounds, 11-1 - Nashville Sounds
- Sox Double-Header Postponed - Colorado Springs Sky Sox
- RedHawks Game Notes for July 26 - Oklahoma City Comets
- Francis Cabrera joins Bees - Salt Lake Bees
- Sox Fall Short in Extra Innings to River Cats - Colorado Springs Sky Sox
- Escobar's Five-Hit Effort Leads Sounds To 8-5 Win - Nashville Sounds
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